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European Researchers’ Night
September 19, 2019 | 17:00-21:00 | Lorry I. Lokey City Campus -Downtown Haifa
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Lectures 19:00 - 21:00

Ideas Come True: Haifa Multiversity

Community and Academia Meet in Downtown Haifa

The University of Haifa is pleased to invite you to the European Researchers’ Night.  This year, the event will take the format of “Science at the Bar”.  Come hear fascinating presentations on contemporary topics by our award-wining faculty members.

The talks are being hosted at locations around the Lorry I. Lokey City Campus, innovation and high-tech centers and pubs.

The talks will be held simultaneously and are open to the general public.

Doors Open at 19:00 | Lectures Begin at 19:30

Free Admission. Seating will be on a first come first served basis. 

 

Dr. Joel Lanir – "Truth and Lies in the Presentation of Information"

Place: IN-VENT, Hanamal st. 28

Department: Information Systems

fake_newsWe are living today in an age of information overflow in which every day we need to process and understand huge amounts of data. Information visualization, using graphs and charts, is used in order to make it easier for us to analyze and understand this data. However, it is also makes it possible to manipulate and try to tell different stories through the data. How do designers lie through visualizations? How do you look at visualizations with a critical view? and can aesthetics be combined with correct data presentation? 

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